While reading this morning’s report about a supposed suicide attempt by Aijalon Gomes, an American being held in North Korea, I suddenly remembered that I had read that an American sought political asylum in North Korea earlier this year. Most news reports make reference to the two Korean-American journalists who were freed a while back, Robert Park, or this Gomes character, but the supposed American who sought asylum in North Korea hasn’t been mentioned since AFAIK.
Cite:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/01/30/american-detained-north-korea-seeks-asylum/
I don’t believe that that was in reference to any of the four I already mentioned, but someone else completely different. Again, though, I haven’t heard anything else about this case in either the American or Chinese media. You’d think that this would be a big story, wouldn’t you? What’s your take on the matter? Was it a fictious story made up by the North Koreans? Is it real and the lack of info has to do with protecting the identity of the supposed defector?